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Faculty Ambassadors: 2017-2018

Each department/division chair at KU has been invited to identify a liaison, called an Ambassador, to the Center. These individuals are chosen because they are seen as strong advocates for the University’s teaching mission and, equally important, because they are respected by their colleagues for their teaching. Ambassadors connect CTE to faculty within each department. They help CTE fulfill its mission in several ways, by:

Guiding the Center in the development of its programs. Ambassadors tell CTE what’s going on in departments. They serve as a sounding board for ideas, and they reflect the needs and interests of their colleagues.

Communicating information about CTE to department faculty. Both formally and informally, Ambassadors let their colleagues know what’s going on at CTE. They share updates with them, and they encourage them to participate in CTE workshops and discussion forums.

Advocating the University’s teaching mission within their departments. Ambassadors do this is various ways, such as by mentoring new faculty, emphasizing the importance of teaching at key points (during faculty searches, for example), and occasionally facilitating CTE sessions at the New GTA Conference, KU Summit, or Lunch & Conversation. In addition, Ambassadors are often the first point of contact for cross-disciplinary work among the faculty and are a source of information about their departments for activities such as these.

Department

Ambassador

A

Aerospace Engineering

Taghavi, Ray

African & African-American Studies

Gerschultz, Jessica

American Studies

Kim, Joo Ok–Fall

Applied Behavioral Sciences

Watson-Thompson, Jomella

Applied English Center

Selvidge, Jenny

Architecture

Sander, Dennis

B

Business/AIS

Patton, Tom

Business/FEDS

Meschke, Felix

Business/MEL

Pyone, Jin

C

CEA Engineering

Lines, Brian

Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Li, Xiaoli (Laura)

Chemistry/Molecular Biosciences

Kuczera, Krzysztof

CODL

Diede, Laura

Communication Studies

Oliha-Donaldson, Hannah

Curriculum & Teaching

Friedman, Reva

D

Design

Cook, Matthew

E

Ecology & Evol. Biology

Sikes, Ben

Economics

Earnhart, Dietrich

Ed. Leadership & Policy Studies

Rice, Suzanne

Educational Psychology

Ghosh, Arpita

Edwards Campus

Wolfe, Ben

Electrical Eng. & Computer Science

Prescott, Glenn

English

Drake, Phil

G

Geography

Lei, Ting

Geology

Zhang, Chi (F)

H

History

Warren, Kim

HSES

Bass, Jordan

Humanities & Western Civilization

Wilson, Aimee

J

Journalism & Mass Communications

Chen, Yvonnes

K

KU Libraries

Becker, Jill (NEW)

L

Law

Yuille, Lua

Linguistics

Tremblay, Annie

M

Mathematics

Mantzavinos, Dionyssios

Mechanical Engineering

TenPas, Peter

Medicinal Chemistry

Bloom, Steven (NEW), Boskovic, Zarko (NEW)

Music

Dvorak, Abbey

P

Philosophy

Raibley, Jason (NEW)

Physics & Astronomy

Kirkpatrick, Allison (NEW), Peelaers, Hartwin (NEW)

Political Science

Kennedy, John

Psychology

McCartney, Marsha

Public Affairs & Administration & Urban Planning

Lyles, Ward

S

School of Languages, Cultures & Lit

Meyertholen, Andrea (NEW)

Social Welfare

Zinn, Andy

Sociology

Albrecht, Sandy

Special Education

Cheatham, Greg

Speech-Language-Hearing

Rong, Panying

Spencer Museum of Art

Watts, Angela (NEW)

V

Visual Art

Jordan, Mary Anne (NEW)

Events

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